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From: The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com>
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Subject: Re: The Legend of Ruby Sunday - first thoughts
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:34:26 -0000 (UTC)
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The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
> In article <v4qssg$15gjl$1@dont-email.me>,
> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>>>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>>>>>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Do you know the connections between Pyramids of Mars
>>>>>>> and Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Of course I do Dave. But I want to see where it’s going - it’s a big
>>>>>> promotion for Sutekh from imprisoned Osiran to a genuine god.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> REcall the 4th Doctor exiled Sutekh to far reaches of time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I expect a very angry Osiran!
>>>> 
>>>> You don’t remember the end of Pyramids of Mars very well then, Dave. There
>>>> was no exile.
>>>> 
>>>> Freed of the captivity imposed on him by Horus, Osiris headed for Earth
>>>> down his time-space tunnel to destroy but unfortunately for him, his travel
>>>> time was limited to light speed which gave the Doctor a two minute window
>>>> to move the end of the corridor. By moving it tens of thousands of years
>>>> into the future, he made Sutekh live out his full 7,000 years lifespan in
>>>> transit. Sutekh DIES at the end of the episode.
>>>> 
>>>> The Osirans were a powerful alien race. The ancient Egyptians regarded them
>>>> as gods - but they were not gods. Then.
>>>> 
>>>> Therefore, I’m waiting to see what RTD does with the concept.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> How long does an Osirian live?
>> 
>> I already told you. As did the Doctor.
>> 
>> /quote
>> 
>> (The Doctor fastens two wires to the mummy case and puts his device on the
>> floor in front of it. The tunnel activates.)
>> DOCTOR: We've got about twenty seconds.
>> SARAH: Here he comes.
>> (Sutekh travels along the tunnel, but does not come out of the end.)
>> SUTEKH: Who dares to interfere?
>> DOCTOR: You're caught in a temporal trap, Sutekh.
>> SUTEKH: Time Lord! I shall destroy you. I shall destroy you!
>> DOCTOR: How long do Osirans live, Sutekh?
>> SUTEKH: Release me!
>> DOCTOR: Never. You're caught in the corridor of eternity.
>> SUTEKH: Release me, insect, or I shall destroy the cosmos!
>> DOCTOR: You're a thousand years beyond the 20th century now, Sutekh. Go on
>> for another ten thousand.
>> SUTEKH: I'll spare the planet Earth. I'll give it to you as a plaything.
>> Release me!
>> (Sutekh starts to disappear along the passage.)
>> DOCTOR: No, Sutekh. The time of the Osirans is long past.
>> SUTEKH: No!
>> DOCTOR: Go. 
>> (Sutekh is gone).
>> DOCTOR: He lived about seven thousand years.
>> SARAH: He's dead. Sutekh is dead.
>> DOCTOR: At last.
>> 
>> /end quote
>> 
> 
> And more on that quote is ...

A re-emphasis of the same information. I’ve put a !!!! wrapper around the
only remaining relevant line.

SARAH: Look, I know that's the time control from the Tardis, but what did
you do?

!!!!

DOCTOR: I moved the threshold of the time space tunnel into the far future.
He could never have reached the end.

!!!!

DOCTOR: After the Eye was broken, I realised that we had little more than
two minutes to get back here.

SARAH: But how?

DOCTOR: The time radio waves take to pass from Mars to Earth.

SARAH: Ah. So the Eye of Horus was still holding Sutekh for two minutes
after it was broken.

DOCTOR: Yes. You know, the Egyptians called him the Typhonian beast.
(Boom!)
SARAH: Doctor!

(Flames and smoke come from the mummy case.)
DOCTOR: That was careless of me. I forgot the thermal balance would
equalise.

SARAH: Listen, this priory was burnt to the ground, remember?

DOCTOR: Yes. Perhaps it is time we were leaving. We don't want to be blamed
for starting a fire, do we?

SARAH: No.

DOCTOR: I had enough of that in 1666.

SARAH: What?



-- 
“Most of the Universe is knackered, babes.”  - The Doctor